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61. Students at Bailey University staged a sit-in to protest the University's decision to cancel its longstanding policy of exempting graduating seniors from final exams Which strongest framework for analyzing this situation?
- A. Interactionist because the University and the students didn't share the same understanding about final exams
- B. Conflict, because this is an example of a power struggle between two groups with conflicting ideas an interest
- C. Functionalist because teaching college students to protest is a manifest function of education
- D. none of the aboveGet Study Guides
Explanation: The conflict perspective explains the sit-in as a struggle between students and university authorities over decision-making power and competing interests. The protest is not a manifest function of education, so the functionalist option is weaker.
Correct answer: Conflict, because this is an example of a power struggle between two groups with conflicting ideas an interest62. What major contribution did W.E.B DuBois make to sociology ?
- A. He developed a theoretical understanding of racial inequality
- B. He conducted research on the upper classes of Philadelphia
- C. He chaired the first Department of Sociology at the University of Chicago
- D. None of the above
Explanation: Du Bois made race and racial inequality central subjects of sociological analysis, combining theory with empirical research. The Philadelphia Negro concerned the Black population of Philadelphia, not specifically the upper classes, and he did not chair Chicago’s first sociology department.
Correct answer: He developed a theoretical understanding of racial inequality63. Weber,s view that sociologists must not allow their personal biases to affect the conduct of their research is called______________?
- A. verstehen
- B. dialectical materialism
- C. social facts
- D. value-free sociology
Explanation: Value-free sociology means conducting research without allowing personal values or political preferences to distort observation and analysis. Verstehen instead refers to interpretive understanding of social action.
Correct answer: value-free sociology64. Those aspects of social life that have to do with order, stability and social organization that allow societies and groups to hold together and endure are called______________?
- A. social statics
- B. social dynamics
- C. social absolutes
- D. constructed realityTake Sociology Courses
Explanation: Social statics, a term associated with Comte, examines social order, stability, and the structures that hold society together. Social dynamics deals with social change and development.
Correct answer: social statics65. Who coined the term sociology and is generally considered to be the founder of sociology ?
- A. Karl Marx
- B. Auguste Comte
- C. Max Weber
- D. Emile Durkheim
Explanation: Auguste Comte coined the term sociology and is commonly credited with founding the discipline. Marx, Weber, and Durkheim were major later contributors rather than the originator of the name.
Correct answer: Auguste Comte66. The first book with the term sociology in its title was written by_________________?
- A. Max Weber
- B. Karl Marx
- C. Herbert Spencer
- D. None of these
Explanation: Herbert Spencer wrote The Study of Sociology, published in 1873, one of the earliest books to use sociology in its title. Spencer helped popularise the discipline after Comte had coined its name.
Correct answer: Herbert Spencer67. Sociology is introduced as an academic discipline by______________?
- A. Ibn-e-Khaldun
- B. Auguste Comte
- C. George Simmel
- D. Herber Spencer
Explanation: Auguste Comte established sociology as a distinct academic discipline and is commonly called its father. Ibn Khaldun was an important earlier social thinker, but he did not institutionalise sociology as a modern discipline.
Correct answer: Auguste Comte68. The first stage, according to Comte was_______________?
- A. Theological
- B. Metaphysical
- C. Scientific stage
- D. None of these
Explanation: Comte’s law of three stages begins with the theological stage, in which events are explained through gods, spirits, or supernatural forces. It is followed by the metaphysical and positive or scientific stages.
Correct answer: Theological69. Social Sciences are pejoratively known as_______________?
- A. Soft sciences
- B. hard sciences
- C. Theoretical
- D. None of these
Explanation: Social sciences are sometimes pejoratively called soft sciences because their subject matter involves complex human behaviour and is less easily controlled than the subject matter of physical sciences. This label is a criticism, not a precise scientific classification.
Correct answer: Soft sciences70. Comets final stage was______________?
- A. Scientific Stage
- B. Theological stage
- C. Metaphysical Stage
- D. None of these
Explanation: Comte’s final stage is the positive or scientific stage, where knowledge is based on observation, evidence, and the discovery of regular social laws. The theological and metaphysical stages come earlier.
Correct answer: Scientific Stage